Alpha Capital Group Rules and Regulations

News Trading

• News Trading on Qualified Analyst Accounts
• Only allowed for Swing accounts.
• If you trade 2 minutes before or after a news release (4-minute total window), the trade must last longer than 2 minutes to count.
• For Alpha Pro accounts: You can only trade 2 minutes before or after news.
• For Alpha One, Alpha Pro 6%, and Alpha Three accounts: You can only trade 5 minutes before or after news.
• News trading is allowed in all evaluation programs with no restrictions.

All or Nothing

• All-or-nothing trading methods are not allowed.

Average Trade Duration

• On average, your trades must last longer than 2 minutes.
• At least 50% of your profit must come from trades that were open for more than 2 minutes.

Order Block Spamming

• Placing many orders quickly in a short time is not allowed.

Drawdown Adjustment Rule for Alpha One Accounts

• When your trailing 6% Max Drawdown resets after 6% profit, keep some profit in the account to continue trading.
• If you withdraw all the profit, your account will be closed.

Risk Management

• It’s not allowed to lose or risk between 3.5% and 5% in one trade or in a group of trades closed together.

Qualified Analyst Allocation Rules

• You can have a maximum of $300,000 per strategy on a Qualified Analyst Account.

Maximum Lot Allowed (Funded)

• Alpha Swing:
  • $5k = Max 1.25 lots
  • $10k = Max 2.5 lots
  • $25k = Max 5 lots
  • $50k = Max 10 lots
  • $100k = Max 20 lots
  • $200k = Max 40 lots
  • $300k = Max 60 lots
• Alpha One, Alpha Pro 6%, Alpha Pro, Alpha Three:
  • $5k = Max 2.5 lots
  • $10k = Max 5 lots
  • $25k = Max 10 lots
  • $50k = Max 20 lots
  • $100k = Max 40 lots
  • $200k = Max 80 lots
  • $300k = Max 120 lots

Inactivity Rule

• Accounts will be deactivated if there’s no activity for 30 days.
• To avoid this, log in and stay active.
• Once an account is deactivated, it cannot be recovered.